yet again, i must be my own role model

tya || she/they || WGU class of 2025 || 22 ||

[wilder-fangirl]

fuck my fucking online university man i went to sheetz to get energy drinks and a chicken sandwich and i drank a whole ass monster expecting to come home and take a test just for the testing software to suddenly be down - I checked with some other folks who attend it and it wasn't scheduled hkbhhhhhh they pull this shit all the time

[chaoshomeschooler]

Feeling so unmotivated idk just wanted to post my goals for some accountability

today:

finish first paper ✅

finish second paper (stretch goal)

this week:

global business pretest ✅

study for global business test (videos)

pass global business test

Business management tasks 1 and 2

Business management tasks 3 and 4

logistics and operations task 1

[st4rm41d]

they finally invented an assignment thats not due tomorrow. but the problem is that my body is a machine that turns assignments into assignments due tomorrow

[chaoshomeschooler]

it's called "B.S. - Marketing Management" because all I'm learning is BULLSHIT

[chaoshomeschooler]

Started classes today. It's so weird going back to school after almost a year - this past yearI kinda felt like I was free from it all despite planning on going back. I hope to crush this bitch

[chaoshomeschooler]

i stumbled across this painting because of the Obama portraits that just came out and it just makes me so emotional for some reason? According to the artist it isn't supposed to be about his death - his stance is supposed to portray him as "a thinker" - but at the same time the artist did use a photo of JFK's brother standing at his grave as a reference. Bc of that and idk I thought this even before I knew about the reference, it kinda feels like the subject is Jackie's grief and the American people's grief reflected onto the image of him? Ya know?

I don't even know a ton about JFK, I don't really remember from learning about him if he was moreso objectively good or not. But at least the artist did an amazing job of making you feel like you're looking at a fallen colossus who was like taken too soon and truly left a sense of deep loss in the whole society he left behind. Like with how you can't see his eyes anymore it's like a memory that's already fading but the viewer is trying so hard cling to it.

[bpd-dylan-hall-deactivated20190]

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again but it is absolutely an example of civilizational inadequacy that only deaf people know ASL

“oh we shouldn’t teach children this language, it will only come in handy if they [checks notes] ever have to talk in a situation where it’s noisy or they need to be quiet”

[raginrayguns]

My mom learned it because she figured she’ll go deaf when she gets old

[manyblinkinglights]

My family went holiday SCUBA diving once, and a couple of Deaf guys were in the group. I was really little and I spent most of the briefing overcome with the realization that while the rest of us were going to have regulators in our mouths and be underwater fairly soon, they were going to be able to do all the same stuff and keep talking.

[tell-the-stars-hello]

The only reason some form of sign language is not a standard skill is ableism, as far as I can tell.

[emoracreations]

For anyone interested in learning, Bill Vicars has full lessons of ASL on youtube that were used in my college level classes. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/billvicars

and here’s the link to the website he puts in his videos:

https://www.lifeprint.com/

[naurielrochnur]

Update: you guys this is an amazing resource for learning asl. Bill Vicars is an incredible teacher. His videos are of him teaching a student in a classroom, using the learned vocabulary to have conversations.

Not only is the conversation format immersive and helpful for learning the grammar, but the students make common mistakes which he corrects, mistakes I wouldn’t have otherwise know I was making.

He also emphasizes learning ASL in the way it’s actually used by the Deaf community and not the rigid structure that some ASL teachers impose in their classrooms

His lesson plans include learning about the Deaf community, which is an important aspect of learning ASL. Knowing how to communicate in ASL without the knowledge of the culture behind it leaves out a lot of nuances and explanations for the way ASL is.

Lastly, his lessons are just a lot of fun to watch. He is patient, entertaining, and funny. This good natured enthusiasm is contagious and learning feels like a privilege and not a chore

And it’s all FREE. Seriously. If you’ve ever wanted to learn ASL

[prismatic-bell]

Also like.

Aside from how it may benefit you, it benefits the community around you.

I had a coworker who was deaf. I was trying to learn a little ASL and it wasn’t going well, but I worked extremely hard on “merry Christmas” when we worked the Christmas Eve shift together and when I say she lit up like a holiday-appropriate tree (and laughed and kindly corrected my “Christmas” because apparently I was saying something else), y’all.

I don’t know that anyone else had told her.

If that’s not a little sad to you, you need to think about it.

[darkmacademia]

things I’ve done recently to help me cope with my cringe brain

put hooks on my door with my keys, mask, watch, public transport card so I don’t forget them

putting more hooks on my door for my meds. and also hooks on every wall surface

tracking my energy levels throughout the days for two weeks, then scheduling my work, naps, and coffees around the peak hours

calling up old friends I’ve fallen out of touch with to see how they’re going

having a pseudo capsule wardrobe in a basket so I can throw on a cute outfit every morning with no effort

having random baskets and open boxes everywhere to dump stuff so I don’t clutter the floor

jumping on every creative impulse no matter how dumb. would not recommend for exam season tho

do you wish you had a friend who does [insert cool thing here]? you’re that friend now, everyone let's go have a 19thC picnic in the park

stacking aesthetic if not relevant books around me to stimulate the study juice

installing a very effective app and website blocker on all devices (scheduled to block throughout the day)

wearing fuzzy slippers and a comically large puffer jacket inside

joining my city library’s many zoom book clubs. and just lots of zoom clubs

doing what I call the Scream (yelling into your pillow for therapeutic reasons)

doing discord pomodoro study sessions with friends. it motivates me to work bc I get to chat afterwards!

vitamin D and iron pills. my blood so deficient in the everything

doing at least one “touch grass” activity a day, aka something involving the outdoors, making stuff with my hands like cooking or crafting, going for a walk. sometimes it feels like you’ve made no progress especially if it’s all digital or mental work

forgiving myself for being a major mess. you’ll get thru it girl

[hamletthedane]

Want to learn something new in 2022??

Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)

40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano I’ve ever seen)

Excellent basic crochet video series

Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)

Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)

How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)

Another drawing character faces video

Literally my favorite art pose hack

Tutorial of how to make a whole ass Stardew Valley esque farming game in Gamemaker Studios 2??

Introduction to flying small aircrafts

French/Dutch/Fishtail braiding

Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)

Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)

Color theory in digital art (not of the children’s hospital variety)

Retake classes you hated but now there’s zero stakes:

Calculus 1 (full semester class)

Learn basic statistics (free textbook)

Introduction to college physics (free textbook)

Introduction to accounting (free textbook)

Learn a language:

Ancient Greek

Latin

Spanish

German

Japanese (grammar guide) (for dummies)

French

Russian (pretty good cyrillic guide!)

[legeebeeteequah]

Sharing some post to somebody who doesn't have Tumblr kind feels dirty (this is my hellish little secret) but I had to

Thank you OP

[romanantic]

reminder that academia is about having a passion for learning, not about being smart or well dressed or rich. as long as you are always open to new ideas and willing to learn, you're a valid part of the academia community.

[animatedtext]

[positiveseed]

OUR YOUTUBE

[the-skittle-under-your-bed]

started exercising about a month ago thinking it wouldn’t do anything but BRO I FEEL SO MUCH HAPPIER??

[nichemotion]

I think, I should make it as my habit

[studentlifeproblems]

[chaoshomeschooler]

Dang this year I've used forest over 100 times more than last year. But did it help? Sorta but it's not like I'm doing a ton better or anything

[chaoshomeschooler]

Why can't I just start on homework and projects at a normal time like a normal person? why do I always end up doing so much at the last minute? I always try to look back at the week to try to figure out why I didn't get more done earlier but half the time I just can't figure out where the time went??

I am in pain, suffering, even

Right now I'm working on a 2k word paper that's due tomorrow night - and the thing is I was in this exact position last year - I wrote an entire research paper in like 2 days you'd think I would have learned better. I remember a few weeks ago I was like I have to start working on that paper next week and then Monday happened and I completely forgot the paper existed until I remembered yesterday

I have tried so many ways to stay organized and I always fall off the rails when it's most important and a million things pile up I hate this life

[skluug]

wasting the hours 8am-12pm: a philosopher’s morning. wisely savors the ephemeral relaxation of the long day’s beginning. wise men take note and follow suit.

wasting the hours 12pm-4pm: the psychopath’s deed. no true means of redemption, but the barest start is 50 lashes self-flagellated. guarantees both failure in this life and damnation in the next.

[chaoshomeschooler]

This is how I operate

[chaoshomeschooler]

With the hell that was last week over I'm now working on:

Setting realistic expectations for myself

Staying organized

And of course still catching up on everything

I'm getting an A in my easiest class but currently failing one and I have a c in another. It's mostly because I never do the discussion boards on time so I don't get any credit for them. I hate that I did this to myself and that I'm so behind

At least my notion is full of pretty pictures and my favorite characters